How dare you blaspheme the words written in the holy books of His Dark Material by the true god, Philip Pullman. You shall all burn in a pit of bad literature for eternity! Which is to say, as much time as it takes to read the entire Lord of the Rings, so eternity for all intents and purposes.

Of course God's dead, this like 13 year old guy shanked 'im with a shiv before having some good ol' premarital sex. Get with the times people, jeez.

Ugh the ending to His Dark Materials still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. "Let's end this book on a high note...okay, great, everything the characters care about is meaningless and God dies. Perfect."

The rest of it is amazing, all the way up until the end (It's an atheist callback to Paradise Lost by Milton and has many "poisoned" Biblical themes) but I really can't approve of "I shank God with my magic knife. He is old and frail and crumbles to dust. Then I live in the Garden of Eden for the rest of my life and it's great."